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It is difficult to discuss Eliot’s eponymous hero in Daniel Deronda without giving away key aspects of her plot. But I will share one of the most extraordinary passages in the novel that captures the strength, dignity and grace of Eliot’s hero: … Continue reading →

Ovid, in Book I of his epic poem the Metamorphoses, tells the story of the wood nymph Daphne whose transformation into a tree is sad and tragic. Daphne loathes the idea of marriage and desperately clings to her life as … Continue reading →

I am reading George Eliot’s journals and letters alongside her novel Daniel Deronda. In a letter dated the 29th of October, 1876, she describes to her friend Mrs. H.B. Stowe her surprise that Daniel Deronda has not met with more … Continue reading →

I am so happy to be occupying, once again, a world that George Eliot has created with her novel Daniel Deronda. Gwendolen, like many of the heroines in Eliot’s novels, is willful, independent, and a fierce presence from the very … Continue reading →

There is no doubt that this was a tough year by any measure. The news, in my country and around the world. was depressing, scary and, at times, downright ridiculous. Personally, I had some very high highs and some very … Continue reading →

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